The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for an independent investigation into the recent fire at the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Afriland building and other market infernos on Lagos Island. In a statement signed by Acting President Prince Adewale Adeyanju on Thursday, the NLC lamented the loss of at least six lives in the […]
The Chairman of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Tony Elumelu, has expressed deep grief over the deaths of colleagues in Tuesday’s fire at Afriland Towers, Victoria Island, Lagos, and has cut short his trip to the United States. In a statement personally signed on Wednesday, Elumelu confirmed that a minute’s silence was observed at […]
Panic erupted on Broad Street, Lagos Island, on Tuesday after smoke from a basement fire forced the evacuation of Afrilan Towers, a six-storey office building housing, among others, a branch of the United Bank for Africa (UBA). The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service said the incident began in the inverter room of Afriland Tower’s […]
